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January 9, 2013
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BOOKS AT MEMORIAL
NEW ROLE A former director of the School of
Nursing has been appointed acting deputy provost
(students) and AVPA (undergraduate studies).
The fourth annual SPARKS Literary
Festival promises a day of heat in the long cold
month of January.
The Gazette presents the
latest publications from Memorial’s authors.
Breaking
science
By Michelle Osmond
WATCHING MEMORIAL
alumnus Tony Ingram
dance is like watching a moving work of art. The current
Human Kinetics and Recreation (HKR) master’s student
and practising physiotherapist looks like his body is
moving involuntarily — but in one fluid motion.
2006, is part of a growing trend called breaking or bboying/b-girling. It might look like what was called break
dancing from the 1980s, but it’s much more sophisticated
than that.
He recalls the first time he saw breaking.
“My mind was blown. I loved it because the moves
looked like superpowers, as if from a comic book or video
game … it blew my mind that it was actually real.”
He admits to being a “closet b-boy” in the ’80s,
doing handstands without knowing what he was doing.
See BREAKING on page 11
BECKI PECKHAM OF BOLD CREATIVE PHOTO
Mr. Ingram, who earned a bachelor of science degree in
Human Kinetics and Recreation graduate student Tony Ingram “breaking.”
New award recognizes excellence
By Meaghan Whelan
John’s campus on Dec. 13. This award,
research and public engagement.
ment related to their disciplinary expertise
named after the founding president of
“At Memorial, our mission is not merely
including, but not limited to, contributions
THE JOHN LEWIS PATON
Memorial University College, recognizes
a statement on paper. It is a mindset and
to local, national and international organ-
Distinguished University Professorship was
those who distinguish themselves across
commitment embodied daily in the
izations; and mentorship to new faculty.
unveiled at a special event at Memorial’s St.
the continuum of teaching and learning,
research, teaching and engagement activi-
A portrait of founding Memorial University College president John Lewis
Paton.
“The creation of this award is a significant
ties of our faculty,” explained Dr. Christo-
step for Memorial. It recognizes the critical
pher Loomis, vice-president (research). “We
intersection of teaching and learning,
created this award to recognize those who
research and public engagement, and speaks
go beyond what is normally expected and
to the very heart of our university,” said Dr.
who, by virtue of their exceptional efforts,
David Wardlaw, provost and vice-president
continue to make rich and meaningful
(academic). “It bridges the three frameworks
contributions to the university, their
we are using to guide Memorial’s future,
community and the wider world. It is the
and it is a tangible expression of the impor-
highest honour that Memorial can bestow
tance we place on celebrating significant
on its faculty.”
and sustained contributions by our faculty.”
The Distinguished University Professor-
Nominations for the award will be
ship is a lifetime designation. It includes a
accepted until March 1, 2013. For more
one-time, $20,000 unrestricted grant to
information, visit www.mun.ca/jlp or
support future research, teaching and/or
contact Ellen Steinhauer, co-ordinator of
public engagement activities at Memorial
institutional nominations and awards,
University.
[email protected] or 709-864-2651.
Nominees for this award must have a
John Lewis Paton, the first president of
strong and consistent record of research
Memorial University College, was a keen
that is outstanding and recognized both
scholar and a dedicated and passionate
nationally and internationally; exceptional
teacher with a deep sense of community.
teaching at the undergraduate and graduate
This award was named in his honour in
level; training graduate students and other
light of the tremendous impact his vision
highly qualified personnel; public engage-
has had on Memorial.
Grenfell Campus
construction ongoing
CONSTRUCTION is booming at Grenfell
Campus, with work continuing on the Arts and
Science Extension atrium, the new residence
and the new environmental labs. The atrium is
now adding to the aesthetic quality of the Arts
and Science Extension, with large panes of glass
lining the front portion. Concrete slabs and
structural steel are now completed and interior
partitions are nearing completion. Mechanical
systems, electrical rough-in and the building
envelope are also in the works. The project is
scheduled for completion this month.
Meanwhile the new residence’s exterior and
interior walls will soon be completed, with electrical and mechanical rough-ins ongoing.
Tenders for chairs and lounge seating as well as
laundry equipment are underway. The project
is scheduled for completion in summer 2013.
And behind the Forest Centre, work is continuing on the new environmental labs. As of
publication time, the labs’ foundations and foot-
A group of women gather at the Red Leaf Centre in Springdale for a tea ‘n’ talk.
ings are complete and underground services are
nearing completion. Electrical and mechanical
rough-ins are ongoing throughout the building
unsure of why there is sometimes a lack of participation,
and exterior. The project is expected to be
but one issue may be a lack of awareness about how to
completed by May 2013.
access programs.
The project:
There are two elements to Ms. Sheppard’s proposed idea.
YOUR NEXT PROJECT
First, she’s looking for a researcher from Memorial to
determine the scope of existing programs and activities
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A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION
for seniors in the Baie Verte Peninsula and Springdale area.
By Amy Tucker
Special to the Gazette
“Perhaps he or she could record input regarding gaps in
programming, or identify possibilities for further engage-
EDITOR
Mandy Cook
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John Andrews
ment of the community in contributing to the health and
Yaffle.ca is Memorial’s online connecting tool. One of its most
significant jobs is to provide a way for people from outside
satisfaction of seniors,” Ms. Sheppard said.
The second part of the project would be to evaluate the
Memorial to ask for research help. With hundreds of community-
scope of services offered by various community groups,
suggested opportunities to choose from, your next project is just
provide data that can be used to approach funding agen-
a click away. Here’s one . . .
cies, and determine the need for a consistent co-ordination
of resources.
The opportunity:
With a median age of 44, and more than 23 per cent of
“Better co-ordination of resources would enable us to
encourage seniors to become engaged in specific programs
the population over 60, the Baie Verte Peninsula and Spring-
and activities,” Ms. Sheppard said. “This would ultimately
dale area has an aging population.
promote healthy living and a level of prevention or inter-
Gloria Sheppard, a volunteer with Life Unlimited for
Older Adults, a local organization that provides program-
vention.”
Having a better sense of local program availability would
ming for seniors, says that activities for seniors are essen-
help organizations work together to keep seniors informed
tial to healthy aging.
of their options and hopefully increase participation overall.
“They can help reduce isolation, encourage engagement
learning and provide opportunities for leadership and peer
Interested in learning more about this project? Bojan Fürst,
helping.”
manager of knowledge mobilization at the Harris Centre, would
Despite these benefits, there are many seniors who don’t
Courtenay Alcock
Laura Barron
Jennifer Batten
Rebecca Cohoe
Melanie Callahan
Nora Daly
Paula Dyke
Kelly Foss
Pamela Gill
Sharon Gray
Janet Harron
Jill Hunt
Jackey Locke
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in community life, promote active living and lifelong
take advantage of local programming. Ms. Sheppard is
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love to tell you more. Call him at 709-864-2120 or email him
at [email protected].
Virginia Middleton
Peter Morris
Shannon O’Dea Dawson
Naomi Osborne
Michelle Osmond
David Penney
Marcia Porter
Dave Sorensen
Kimberley Thornhill
Meaghan Whelan
Susan White-MacPherson
Heidi Wicks
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OBITUARY
The Gazette is published 17 times annually by the
Division of Marketing and Communications at
Memorial University.
George Cammie, a workshop supervisor in the Department
Professor of History of Medicine, passed away Dec. 17,
of Fine Arts, Grenfell Campus, passed away Dec. 6, 2012.
2012. He was 89.
He was 72.
Sarah Drinkwater, a retired employee of the Division of
Dr. Rolf Stephen Rees, an associate professor with the
Marketing and Communications, passed away Dec. 18,
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, passed away
2012. She was 72.
Dec. 10, 2012. He was 52.
Hilda Smith, a retired employee of the Department of
Shaun Christopher Hillier, a graduate student in the
Biology, passed away Dec. 24, 2012. She was 100.
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Dr. Kenneth Bryson Roberts, the first associate dean
was 82.
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TLC online video launches
By Heidi Wicks
cheerleaders for the Memorial University Sea-Hawks’ varsity
A NEW ONLINE video profiling Memorial’s Teaching
conversation” while the MUN Festival Choir sings the invi-
and Learning Community (TLC) is being launched on Jan.
tation.
teams use a cheer to urge community members to “join the
The video will be shared on the TLC Facebook page and
21. The video is intended to profile the diversity within the
other Memorial University group pages and websites. A
staff and alumni.
In September 2012, a new Teaching and Learning
Community website was launched which featured videos
about six of the seven concepts captured in the Teaching
and Learning Community lens – engagement, support,
inclusive, committed to discovery, outcomes-oriented and
responsive.
“It was always our intention to do a larger video at the
end to tie all of those concepts together and provide a
DAVE HOWELLS PHOTO
university’s TLC, which includes all students, educators,
large number of community members are featured in the
videos, and will be encouraged to tag themselves and share
the video on their own Facebook pages.
In addition to spreading awareness, the video is part of a
larger campaign to increase online engagement through
Sammy the Sea-Hawk joins the conversation
about teaching and learning with Memorial’s
cheerleaders.
picture of what the Teaching and Learning Community
represents,” said Dr. Doreen Neville, co-lead for the devel-
social media tools.
Last fall, a Facebook photo contest prompted community
members to submit their photos of their favourite learning
spaces and rituals. They were encouraged to tag themselves
and share the link on their personal pages. The two photos
“We started each session by asking the group to pair off
with the most “likes” received an iPad mini.
opment of the Teaching and Learning Framework, with Mr.
and share their most inspirational teaching and/or learning
“Social media allows us to reach a broader audience and
Albert Johnson.
moment, and the enthusiastic engagement that followed
makes it quick and easy for people to share their own expe-
was always inspiring in itself,” he said.
riences and inspirational teaching and learning stories,” Dr.
“The sense of community is so pervasive here in
Newfoundland and Labrador – building community is what
To keep the momentum of those consultations going, all
Neville added. “These stories remind us all about how
we do,” she continued. “This theme was echoed throughout
members of the TLC are being encouraged to join the
important it is to incorporate the concepts captured within
the consultation sessions that helped inform the university’s
conversation online, through the website, Facebook page
the TLC lens to teaching and learning activities at Memo-
Teaching and Learning Framework – it became very evident
and YouTube channel.
rial University.”
that the university is a community within a community.”
The new video features various groups from across the
To view the new video and join the conversation, visit
Mr. Johnson noted that throughout the consultations he
university’s varied community, prompting viewers to “join
www.mun.ca/teachingandlearning,
was also impressed by how eager the participants were to
the conversation” about teaching and learning. Each group
www.youtube.com/munteachinglearning, or www.face-
join the conversation.
conveys the invitation in a different way. For example, the
book.com/MemorialTLC.
Marine Institute library expands resources
By Naomi Osborne
STUDENTS at the Marine Institute (MI) have more ready
access to library resources this academic year because of a
doubling of computer workstations in the Information
Commons.
The redesigned Information Commons has expanded
MI’s capability to provide students access to all Memorial
library electronic resources, software and the tools to
complete their work in one place.
Catherine Lawton, head of public services for MI’s Dr. C.R.
Barrett Library, said there was a lot of collaboration going
on behind the scenes to make the project a reality.
“We have long had a need for more computers. Before the
expansion there were only 13 computers available,” she
The newly redesigned Information Commons at the Marine Institute.
time in the summertime, the project was put on hold due
to some shipping delays.
School of Fisheries opened up their advanced diploma room
to students requiring computer access. The ICT staff recon-
“Our plan was to complete all the work on Labour Day
figured existing library computers so students could access
said. “In addition, last year we had a student in a wheelchair
weekend, but the carpet didn’t arrive until September,”
their Desire2Learn courses and search campus libraries
who was having difficulty getting around the library. This
said Ms. Lawton. “So the library staff worked in conjunc-
along with other tasks.
made it clear to us that extra space was necessary to make
tion with marine and technical services and information
“It was the support of the marine and technical services,
the library more accommodating.”
and communications technologies (ICT) staff to accom-
ICT and the Office of Finance’s purchasing staff that made
Once the project was approved this past spring, equipment and furniture were ordered, and, despite it arriving on
modate students.”
this a team effort and we are grateful for their continuous
With the library commons down for nearly a month, the
support,” said Ms. Lawton.
The mobile drag
CELLULAR phones have changed the world of interac-
someone new approaches us to start a conversation – and it
STUDENTVIEW
tion. Our ways of interacting with the world are done so
through tiny screens controlled by our fingertips. These
Joshua Duff
is considered odd.
By using our phones while trekking through campus and
advancements in communications have robbed us of our
during social events, we are losing the ability to focus on the
basic interpersonal skills – observing what is happening
physical reality surrounding us. Take a moment to observe
around us and interacting with people face-to-face. Today,
conversations had to wait until we were able to use a land-
what is happening outside that tiny box. We should exercise
most of us cannot go a full hour without using, or even
line. Even when we had access to phones outside the home
our own thoughts and problem solving skills instead of using
glancing at, our mobile devices. It has become an addiction
(i.e., phone booths), we still waited until we arrived home or
our phones (i.e., Facebook, someone’s blog or Google) to
and a new phobia has arisen as a result of it (nomophobia –
used them for emergency purposes only. Now we are filled
help us find the quick answers to life. Instead of texting a
the state of stress caused by being away from your smartphone
with a need to be in constant contact with the world through
friend for a status update, talk to the person next to you. This
device).
every step of our day.
is how we learn about and gain understanding of each other.
I have witnessed students tripping over steps and bumping
Moreover, phones have caused us to shy away from our
Moreover, it exercises our face-to-face conversation skills,
into each other as a result of the cellphone diversion. Many
fellow peers. During the holidays I was at a house party and
which are necessary in the working world. Let’s start inter-
of us are guilty of hurrying our way through campus yards and
the room was illuminated by tiny screens. Over half the
acting with and learning about the world we are sitting in,
hallways with our heads tilted downward, the majority of our
people there were typing away their night rather than
not the one that fits into the palm of our hand.
school gear unevenly distributed to one side of our body, with
mingling. Everyone has a story to tell but that oration skill is
a coffee in one hand and our phone being used in the other.
dying in our society and we sacrifice experience for isolation
This slows us down and causes us to be late for class.
We are living in a society of impatience. Before cellphones,
Gazette | Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Joshua Duff is a fourth-year student majoring in political science
with our cellphones. We are like hermits in a crowd, living
and English language and literature at Memorial University. He can
in our phone-caves. Many of us are uncomfortable when
be reached at [email protected].
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Spark it up
By Janet Harron
MEMORIAL’S Petro-Canada Hall will once again be the
epicentre of Newfoundland and Labrador’s writing world.
The fourth annual SPARKS Literary Festival takes place at the
School of Music on Sunday, Jan. 20, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Featuring a who’s who of Newfoundland and Labrador’s
writing community, the festival also includes talented
students and graduates from the university’s creative writing
program and members of the university’s writing community. It was conceived by poet and English professor Mary
Dalton in 2009 with support from the Faculty of Arts.
“SPARKS is the perfect antidote to January,” said Professor
Dalton, festival director. “In the depth of winter the Faculty
of Arts brings people together to revel in the glorious gifts
of our writers. It’s a kitchen party writ large and one of the
liveliest literary events on the go.”
Making his third SPARKS appearance on Jan. 20 is prolific
The 2013 SPARKS logo
poet and novelist Patrick Warner.
“SPARKS is an all-day, 16-round bare-knuckle word bout.
each of which will feature readings in a variety of genres,
field of creative writing by a current or recent participant in
Memorial’s creative writing courses.
Guaranteed you’ll emerge punchy, exhilarated and starry-
followed by discussion with the audience. Participating
eyed about our writers,” said Mr. Warner, who will be reading
authors are Gerard Collins, Eva Crocker, Ramona Dearing,
A limited edition print titled Candle Burning, featuring a
from Perfection, his latest collection of poetry.
Anne Hart, Catherine Hogan Safer, Wayne Johnston, Randall
linocut image and last year’s award-winning haiku, will
This year the festival is collaborating with the Department
Maggs, Iain McCurdy, Don McKay, Robert Mellin, Trudy
once again be available for sale with proceeds going to
of English to hold a poetry symposium titled The Poetry of
Morgan-Cole, Grant Loveys, Denyse Lynde, Carmine
support the festival. The winner of the award and of the
Newfoundland and Labrador: Contemporary Strains on
Starnino, Joan Sullivan and Patrick Warner.
haiku competition will be announced in the final session of
the festival.
Saturday, Jan. 19, the day before the Sunday sessions, chaired
A vital element of the festival is various displays reflecting
by Mr. Warner. Acclaimed poets and editors, among them
the variety of ways in which literature is produced in
An evening reception will follow the Sunday, Jan. 20,
SPARKS haiku competition judges Tom Dawe, Nick Avis,
Newfoundland and Labrador. This year the Queen Elizabeth
day-long event at 6 p.m. Books and other materials will be
Danielle Devereaux, James Langer and Leslie Vryenhoek, will
II Library’s special collections unit is mounting a fascinating
available for sale. Admission is free. Parking (at no charge)
discuss their poetic practice and currents in the contempo-
display of 10 illustrated editions of Christina Rossetti’s long
will be available in lot 15B, just east of the School of Music.
rary poetry of Newfoundland. There will be two sessions in
poem Goblin Market, which are part of the Roger and Marlene
the afternoon between 2 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. in room 2101
Further details on both days of the festival and
a
Peattie Collection.
complete
schedule
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Other recurring elements of SPARKS include the award
www.arts.mun.ca/sparks/. An active Facebook page is also
butions as well. SPARKS participant Carmine Starnino, editor
announcement for the popular haiku competition which is
available at www.facebook.com/sparksliteraryfestival2013
of several of Newfoundland’s major poets, will take part in
open to all and the announcement of the winner of the
and the Faculty of Arts’ Twitter feed (@memorialarts) will be
the discussions.
$2,500 Cox & Palmer SPARKS Literary Award which
featuring SPARKS tweets (#sparks2013) leading up to the
acknowledges outstanding achievement in any genre in the
festival.
of the Science building; these will involve audience contri-
The main day of the festival is organized into four sessions,
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Curbside communities
By Rebecca Cohoe
funding through the Harris Centre – Multi-Materials Stew-
SHORTLY after Michelle Porter moved into a new house
Research Fund, an annual fund that provides support for
ardship Board (MMSB) Waste Management Applied
in downtown St. John’s, she received a visit from a local
projects related to solid waste management in Newfound-
door-to-door bottle recycler. He had always picked up recy-
land and Labrador.
clables for the previous tenant, and had stopped in to see
Her research consisted of interviews with both recyclers
if she had anything to send along. She gave him her bottles,
and other stakeholders within the local recycling commu-
and decided she wanted to know more about the full-time
nity including representatives from bottle depots and the
recyclers who, along with their shopping carts, are a
MMSB. She also found significant research related to local
common sight in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital
bottle recyclers in other jurisdictions, including California
city.
and British Columbia.
“I was impressed that they could push such heavy loads
Interestingly, Ms. Porter’s results show that one of the
in all kinds of weather — wind, rain, snow,” she recalled.
strongest values that the recyclers placed upon their line of
“I began to wonder about them and their lives: who were
work is the positive social interaction it provides. While
they, why did they do this work?”
many of the recyclers have lived through difficult circum-
It was that sense of curiosity that led Ms. Porter, currently
stances, Ms. Porter says that recycling work got them out
a PhD student in the Department of Geography, but a
into the community on their own terms and gave them a
master’s student in folklore at the time, to formulate a
purpose to each day, without requiring that they conform
research project investigating the recycler’s motivation for
to a work world that did not fit their psychological needs.
choosing the profession. In 2011, Ms. Porter was awarded
“I was impressed that they
could push such heavy loads
in all kinds of weather —
wind, rain, snow. I began to
wonder about them and their
lives: who were they, why did
they do this work?”
was time to get their recyclables out.
While some of the research Ms. Porter did suggested that
“I believe that is a result of the mixed communities in
in other cities the relationship between recyclers and the
which they are integrated into here in St. John’s. They
people in their communities tends to have noticeable sore
aren’t outsiders.”
points, she noticed that in St. John’s “the professional recycler is an insider who is part of the community.”
Ms. Porter’s study also reinforced her belief that the recycling profession can have a positive effect on a potentially
“An interesting example is the issue of the grocery cart,”
marginalized group and can help encourage increased recy-
said Ms. Porter. “In Vancouver and Victoria, the noise and
cling rates as compared to purely environmental motiva-
sight of the cart were unwelcome and drew complaints
tions.
from members of the general public and communities in
Ms. Porter’s report is available at the Harris Centre’s
website (www.mun.ca/harriscentre). The Harris Centre –
which they collected.”
In contrast, she noticed that in St. John’s the cart was
MMSB Waste Management Applied Research Fund is now
interpreted as a symbol of hard work (because pushing the
closed until next year; however, the 2012 Applied Research
cart is difficult) and its noise simply alerted people that it
Fund opens for applications on Jan. 18.
New policy for Canada Research Chair program
By Meaghan Whelan
summarizes key elements of the new policy:
Renewal: Both junior (Tier 2) and senior (Tier 1) chairs can
takes a review of the allocation of the national allotment
THE BOARD
be renewed for one additional term. While the federal CRC
of CRCs among all eligible institutions. Based on the pro rata
of Regents has approved a new policy
Reduction: Every two years, the CRC secretariat under-
related to the renewal, reallocation and reduction of Canada
guidelines place no limit on the number of renewals for Tier
share of Tri-Council funding (i.e., Canadian Institutes of
Research Chairs (CRCs) at Memorial University.
1 CRCs, only in exceptional circumstances where a
Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
The CRC Program was established by the Government of
compelling case exists will a senior CRC be nominated for
Council of Canada and Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada to enable Canadian universities to achieve the
renewal more than once. The timing and process to be
Research Council) and any expansion in the number of
highest levels of research excellence.
“The CRC program has enabled Memorial to build its
followed when seeking renewal of a CRC are outlined in the
eligible institutions, the secretariat may adjust the number
new policy.
of CRCs assigned to any eligible institution. For a given insti-
capacity and reputation in research by helping to recruit and
Reallocation: When a CRC becomes vacant, the chair is
tution the number may increase, remain the same or be
retain outstanding scholars,” said Dr. Christopher Loomis,
not automatically retained by the host unit. Rather, the
reduced. This policy addresses the process Memorial will
vice-president (research). “It is important that we continue
vacated chair will be made available to all units for alloca-
follow in the event of a reduction.
to deploy this strategic resource carefully, fairly and trans-
tion through an internal competitive process. In the event
parently.”
The new policy provides a framework to optimize the
All faculty members and staff involved in research admin-
that a current chair-holder resigns or retires during his or
istration are encouraged to review the policy for Realloca-
her first term, that CRC position will normally remain in
tion, Renewal and Reduction of Canada Research Chairs
effectiveness of the CRC program, and outlines the respec-
the academic unit and thematic area to which it was orig-
(CRCs) at Memorial University, available online at
tive processes for the renewal, reallocation or reduction of
inally assigned. Further details on the reallocation process
www.mun.ca/policy.
CRC positions at Memorial University. The following
are available in the official policy.
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BOOKS AT
Teaching in the Sciences:
A Handbook for Part-time
and Adjunct Faculty
Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook
Co-edited by Roger Chafe
By Michael Collins
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Teaching in the Sciences is
Casebook, which draws on examples of citizen
a unique professional
engagement in health from across Canada.
recently released its Citizen Engagement in Health
development resource
One of the book’s editors is Dr. Roger Chafe, assis-
for college faculty who
tant professor and director of pediatric research in the
teach in the science
Faculty of Medicine. One of the cases is on Eastern
classroom. The book
Health’s work with its patient advisory council for
can be used by faculty
cancer care.
in any science discipline
“The 14 case studies from across the health sector
and offers guidance for
and different regions of Canada will not only
those who teach on
increase understanding of how to engage citizens but
either the undergrad-
also support a better understanding of the experi-
uate or graduate level.
ences of those undertaking citizen engagement activ-
The author, originally
ities,” said Dr. Chafe.
educated in England,
Citizen engagement exercises are a key ingredient
has been a faculty
in integrating public input into health care gover-
member at Memorial
nance, priority setting and decision making. While
University of Newfoundland since 1969 and served as the
there have been some high profile examples of
academic associate vice-president for six years. He also
citizen engagement processes, they are still not wide-
from descriptions of processes where members
won the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and
spread across Canadian health care organizations.
of the public have shared their values and
developed the university’s graduate program in teaching.
Dr. Chafe explained that Canadian health care
organizations and their stakeholders would benefit
opinions around important questions and challenges
in health care.
Mosby’s Canadian Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests
Physics and Logic of Life
By Kathleen D. Pagana, Timothy J. Pagana and Sandra A. Pike-MacDonald
A.U. Igamberdiev
The very first resource of its kind, written exclusively for
The book Physics and Logic of Life discusses the foun-
Canada, this text provides clear, concise coverage of
dations of theoretical biology. It spans from basic
more than 700 of the most commonly performed diag-
physical principles underlying living phenomena to
nostic and laboratory tests used in Canada. Its many
complex processes such as morphogenesis, evolution
user-friendly features include an easy-to-understand
and the development of social systems. The rational
writing style, full-colour illustrations, and a logical organ-
interpretation of wholeness is considered by the
ization. Each test entry is presented in a consistent format
author, as a true basis for the fundamental principles
to provide quick access to information on specimen
of the development of theoretical biology, and for
understanding its link to physics, psychology and
semiotics. The main message of this book is to intro-
This text is a must-have
for any student of the
health sciences.
duce the view that a proper clarification of the place
of humanity in the universe is possible only via the
understanding of the phenomenon of life.
collection, normal findings, indications, test explanation,
procedure and patient care and test results and clinical
significance, as well as any applicable contraindications,
potential complications, interfering factors and related
tests. Standard International Units of measure are
included. New full-colour photographs and enhanced
illustrations clarify key concepts and reflect the latest
procedures, equipment and techniques. A completely
updated content with more than 180 new references
covers 30 new tests including ductoscopy, thyroglobulin and lactoferrin.
This book is edited by School of Nursing professor Dr.
generic and trade drug names that comply with Health
Canada, the Personal Health Information Protection Act
Sandra MacDonald and presents a unique Canadian
and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
perspective on diagnostic and laboratory testing. Cultural
Documents Act, current policies for DNA collection,
consideration boxes have been added to highlight impor-
protocols for the reporting of infections such as
tant aspects of working with people from the diverse
chlamydia, guidelines for the correct order and process
cultural and racial backgrounds of the Canadian popu-
of collecting blood samples, screening protocols and
lation, such as First Nations communities. Canadian
Canadian statistics. This text is a must-have for any
laws, policies and procedures have been added, including
student of the health sciences.
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MEMORIAL
The Fluorspar Mines of Newfoundland
John R. Martin
Dr. John Martin, a retired physician and professor of medicine
clothing, were discovered in the early 1930s on the southern
at Memorial, served as the chief occupational medical officer
tip of Newfoundland. Two mines were established and by mid-
for the province from 1984-92. In this book, The Fluorspar Mines
century were major employers in St. Lawrence. By the 1950s
of Newfoundland: Their History and the Epidemic of Radiation Lung
physician Cyril Walsh noticed a marked increase in cases of
Cancer, he tells the history of Newfoundland’s fluorspar mines
cancer in the miners and by the late 1960s nearly 20 per cent
from their founding to the last shipment of fluorspar in 1990
of St. Lawrence households had lost a family member to lung
and declaration of bankruptcy a year later. He focuses on the
cancer.
health hazards experienced by the miners, and how the mining
Dr. Martin’s book also covers such matters as the improve-
companies, workers, government and health services came to
ment of methods for dust quantification and radiation surveil-
terms with the unfolding human tragedy.
lance in the mines, battles for compensation and the influence
Two rich deposits of fluorspar, a mineral used in the production of aluminum, steel, non-stick coatings and fire retardant
of the St. Lawrence case on the development of labour law in
the province.
Reproducing Women: Family
and Health Work across
Three Generations
Marilyn Porter and Diana L. Gustafson
In Reproducing Women, the authors look at how
women experience reproductive health and how
knowledge about health issues is transmitted from
one generation to the next.
The authors are Dr. Marilyn Porter, professor
emerita in the Department of Sociology, and Dr.
Diana L. Gustafson, associate professor of social
science and health in the Faculty of Medicine.
Utilizing sociological and feminist lenses, they
argue in this book that women experience reproductive health as a part of their entire life story
rather than as discrete medical problems.
The book draws together stories and interviews
Seeing Politics Differently: A Brief
Introduction to Political Sociology
with three generations of women across 24 families.
By placing women’s biological and embodied
The authors examine women’s experience of their
experiences, including issues such as menarche,
reproductive lives in order to uncover how women’s
contraception, sexual intercourse, childbirth and
experience is rooted in the family and among gener-
menopause, in a social and cultural context,
ational relationships between mother, daughter,
women’s broader roles in social reproduction are
grandmother and granddaughter.
revealed.
Karen Stanbridge and Howard Ramos
In the Field
Joan Sullivan
Seeing Politics Differently introduces students to political
sociology – the story of how power is distributed within
A soldier dies, a community vanishes…and a story
society. Arguing that politics is about much more than the
is found. When Steven Norris – a lieutenant with the
debates and decision of government, Dr. Karen Stanbridge
famed Royal Newfoundland Regiment – dies at the
of Memorial’s Department of Sociology and Dr. Ramos of
battle of Gueudecourt in 1916, his family business
Dalhousie University encourage readers to see that political
is left without an heir. With the end of the Norris
struggles are inextricably tied to what happens around us
family mill, the once thriving town of Three Arms
every day – whether we’re competing for a job or negoti-
disappears. Almost 90 years later, a high-school
ating who pays for dinner. Through thoughtful discussion
theatre class mounts a successful musical based on
of key perspective and approaches, the authors demonstrate
the life and death of Steven Norris. When the curtain
the ignorance of questioning who holds power in our
drops, a group of actors, teachers and parents embark
society, where that power comes from and how individuals
on a camping expedition to Three Arms where they
and groups can bring about change. The book spotlights
stumble upon the actual artifacts of Norris’s young
Canadian situations and viewpoints and is designed around
life. A compelling history – part narrative, part docu-
a knowledge building approach, encouraging readers to
mentary, part drama – Newfoundland Quarterly editor
recognize power differentials in their own lives. Seeing Poli-
Joan Sullivan’s In the Field reminds us how one
tics Differently is the latest in a series of concise texts
soldier’s great sacrifice can resonate long after he
reflecting recent research and trends in sociology.
has fallen.
Ms. Sullivan will be reading from In The Field at the
SPARKS Literary Festival on Sunday, Jan. 20.
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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Dean’s and Vice-President’s List and Fellows of the School of Graduate Studies 2011-12
FACULTY OF ARTS
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ANDERSON, Rose
ANDREWS, Zachary
AYLWARD, Meaghan
BAILEY, Victoria
BAIRD, Jennifer
BAKER, Samantha
BARRON, Molly
BARRY, Jessica
BATEMAN, Kjeryn
BEAIRSTO, Bronwyn
BEAULIEU, Shawni
BEDECKI, Kyle
BELANGER, Nicholas
BICKFORD, Samantha
BONNELL, Laura
BOWIE, Stephanie
BROUILLETTE, Genevieve
BURSEY, Andrea
BURT, Matthew
BURTON, Krista
BUSTIN, Clare
BUTLER, Lesley
CAMPBELL, Xaiver
CAPANDEGUY, Terry
CARMICHAEL, Callum
CARROLL, Kayla
CLARK, Sam
CLEMENTS, Kendsey
CLUETT, Samantha
COLBOURNE, L. Bethany
COLE, Meagan
COLLINGWOOD, Emma
COLLINS, Brittany
COLLINS, Stephen
CONSTANTINE, David
COOMBS, Mark
COTTINGHAM-LEBLANC, Justine
CRAIG, David
CRITCHLEY, Adam
CROUCHER, Keenan
CURRAN, Brendan
DAGOSTINO, Kathryn
DAWE, Jessica
DOWNEY, Daniel
DOWNEY, Molly
DROOG, Kayla
DUNNE, Andrea
DWYER, Seamus
DYKE, Maria
DYKE-FITZPATRICK, Laura
EASON, Nancy
EATON, Campbell
EDSON, Jacob
EDWARDS, Jenna
EISNER, Brittany
ENGLISH, Joseph
FAREWELL, Sarah
FARRELL, Thomas
FELLS, Anita
FENRICK, Elena
FLEMING, Sean
FLIGHT, Garrett
FOLEY, Meghan
FOLEY, Simon
FOWLER, Eric
FRENCH, Victoria
GAI, Joaquin
GALLIVAN, Hailey
GILMORE, Natasha
GRIFFIN, Samantha
HABET, Jessica
HALLEY, Shannon
HARBIN, Heidi
HARRIS, Alison
HARTIGAN, Jenna
HARTLEY, Alicia
HAWKINS, Catherine
HEAD, Tamara
HEIDEL, Eryn
HELSBY, Michael
HELWEG-LARSEN, Jules
HEMEON, Tess
HENAFF, Mathilde
HEYS, Erin
HIERLIHY, Brittany
HODDER, Robert
HOGAN, Sarah
HOLMES, Andrew
HUNTER, Kelly
HURLEY, Melanie
IGAMBERDIEV, Timour
INGS, Julia
ISLAM, Kajree
JOHNSON-HENKE, Anita
JOHNSTON, Amanda
JONES, Robert
KAVANAGH, Chandra
KEEPING, Zachary
KELLY, Stephanie
KUEHL, Shawna
LAITE, Katherine
LANGLEY, Emily
LEGROW, Jessica
LETOURNEAU, Gaston
LETTO, Douglas
LEWIS, Marc
LOOMIS, Emily
LOUGHEED, Marion
LUEDEE, Craig
MACADAM, Jean-Sebastien
MACDONALD, Lisa
MACDONALD, Samantha
MALIK, Mona’a
MANNING, Victoria
MANSOUR, Riham
MARTIN, Dana
MARTIN, Sarah
MATTHEWS, Blair
MAYNARD, Emily
MCCARTHY, Matthew
MCGOWAN, Rowena
MCKELVIE, Mark
MCLEAN, Colin
MCLEVEY, Mary
MESSER, Sarah
MILLER, Abigail
MINE-GOLDRING, Nathan
MITCHELL, Charlotte
MOODY, Andrea
MORGAN, Patricia
MORRISSEY, Daniel
MORRY, Jeanie
MORRY, Kirsten
MOULTON, Lea
MURPHY, Christopher
MYLES, Bradley
MYSYK, Elizabeth
NICOLL, Katherine
NORMAN, Robert
NORMAN, Shaina
NOSEWORTHY, Dakotah
O’BRIEN, Tara
O’GORMAN, Devin
O’KEEFE, Liam
ORGAN, Jared
O’RIELLY, Jane
OSMOND, Jessica
PARSONS, James
PEDDLE, Beth
PENNEY, Lisa
PHILPOTT, Michael
PIERCEY, Caitlin
PIERSON, Rosanna
PILON, Victoria
PIRAINO, Kristian
PITTMAN, Amy
POLLARD, Warren
POWER, Matthew
POWER, Nicole
PRATT, Allison
PRETTY, Christina
QUINLAN, Emma
RAMSAY, Lorinda
REDDY, Kathryn
REID, Lucas
REID, Melissa
REID, Shannon
REYNOLDS, Andrew
RIGGS, Kyle
RINZLER, Nathan
ROACH, Robert
ROCHE, Renee
RUDKIN, Aaron
RYABOVA, Maria
RYAN, Andrea
RYAN, Juliette
RYAN, Nakita
SAMPSON, Meagan
SCHRYVER, Michael
SHEA, Nicole
SHORT, Peter
SIM, Kellie
SINGLETON, Christopher
SKEARD, Janelle
SMITH, Chase
SMITH, Megan
SMITH, Shauna
SNOOKS, Gina
SOBOL, Brittany
SPARKS, Jennifer
SPENCER, Elizabeth
SPURRELL, Dustin
STANLEY, Meighan
STEPHENS, David
STOCKLEY, Melanie
STONE, Cynthia
STROWBRIDGE, Kandice
SUTHERLAND, Andrew
SWYERS, Erica
TAYLOR, Kaylalee
THODEN-Richardson, Alicia
THOMPSON, Jared
TRACEY, Rhiannon
UWANTEGE, Veneranda
VANCE, Erin
VOISEY, Laura
WALSH, Francis
WALSH, Kathleen
WALSH, Megan
WARING, Sydney
WASS, Christopher
WELLS, Holly
WESTCOTT, Michael
WHELAN, Gerard
WHITE, Matthew
WILLIAMS, Aaron
WOODWORTH, Claire
WORRALL, Aileen
YOUNG, Timothy
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ADMINISTRATION
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
PHILLIPS, Peter
PIKE, Andrew
PITCHER, Jacob
POPE, Laura
POWER, Kristle
POWER, Patrick
QU, Yuan
REID, Alicia
REID, Katrina
RIDGWAY, Brandon
RINZLER, Nathan
RORKE, Megan
SCHWARTZ, Aaron
SHEARS, Peter
SMITH, Joshua
SMITH, Kaitlin
SNOW, Kayla
STANFORD, Krista
STAPLETON, Kaitlin
STEWART, Julie
STOCKLEY, Cecily
SWEETLAND, Andrew
TEO, Joseph
TETFORD, Krista
THOMAS, Colin
THORNE, Scott
TRAHEY, Michael
TUCK, Terry
TUPPER, Felicia
VALKENIER, Carly
VINCENT, Marcus
WADE, Karla
WAKEHAM, Alicia
WAKEHAM, Christopher
WALLACE, Stuart
WALSH, Andrew
WALSH, Melissa
WALSH, Nadaira
WAY, Andrew
WHEELER, Nicole
WHELAN, Tessa
WHITTEN, Scott
WILLIAMS, Andrea
WILLIAMS, Hilary
ZENG, Jadie
ZHANG, Qingdong
ZHANG, Ruiqi
ZORIG, Guamaral
ALLEN, Lucas
AN, Nan
BAI, He
BANNISTER, Matthew
BEAZLEY, Courtney
BENTEAU, Andrew
BERKSHIRE, Melissa
BIGELOW, Rebecca
BISHOP, Ashley
BRADBURY, Janine
BRENNAN, Justin
BREWER, Dana
BURT, Michael
BURT, Michelle
BURTON, Krista
BUTLER, Susan
BUTT, Steven
BYRNE, Sarah
CARBERRY, Mark
CASEY, William
CASHIN, Mark
CHAFE, Alexander
CHAYTOR, Fallon
CLARKE, Timothy
COATES, Andrew
COLE, Janessa
COLLINS, Danielle
COMPTON, Jasmine
CONDON, Anna
COPELAND, Brandon
CROSBIE, Mary
CROSBY, Schuyler
CURRAN, James
DALEY, Allison
DALEY, Marie
DALLEY, Stephanie
DEAN, Codey
DENTY, Megan
DEVEREAUX, Leanna
DI, Rui
DORMODY, Kristen
DOULTON, Laura
DUNNE, Christopher
DUNPHY, Elsie
DWYER, Matthew
EMBERLEY, Sarah
ERSHLER, Kyle
EVANS, Thomas
FEEHAN, David
FORSYTHE, Robert
FOUGERE, Daniel
FUGLEM, Karla
GALE, Gerard
GREGORY, Monica
GU, Sujin
HANLON-LAKE, Gene
HARTERY, Stephanie
HAWKINS, Lauren
HEARN, Justin
HEMEON, Tyler
HENNESSEY, Cheryl
HICKMAN, Robert
HOGAN, Sarah
HOLLOWAY, Karen
HOWELL, Jordan
HOYLES, Evan
ISHPUNANI, Rajdeep
JACKSON, Ellen
JAMESON, Emily
JIA, Yuhan
JONES, Alana
KEATING, Brittany
KEATS, Gregory
KELLAND, Erika
KEMP, Travis
KENNEDY, Mitchell
KING, Jonathan
LACEY, Devin
LANNING, James
LIANG, Bin
LIAO, Yiran
LOCKE, James
LONG, Shi Qi
LUSH, Jeffrey
MACKEY, Melissa
MARSHALL, Adam
MARTIN, Danielle
MCCARTHY, Brian
MCCARTHY, Dyanna
MCGRATH, Samantha
MCGRATH-ROPSON, Brittany
MCLEAN, Emily
MERCER, Garrett
MERCER, Hilary
MIFFLEN-MITCHELL, Nicole
MILLS, Danny
MIOR, Ryan
MITCHELL, Jennifer
MOULAND, Alanna
MURPHY, Danielle
NASH, EMMA
NIJHAWAN, Karan
NYANHEMWA, Christopher
O’LEARY, Courtney
PEDDLE, Erica
PEDDLE, Holly
PENNY, Caitlin
PHELAN, Samantha
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ALCORN, Robyn
BABSTOCK, Terri-Lynn
BASTOW, Kelli
BAXENDALE, Amy
BERNIQUEZ, Jenny
BLAIR, Nikita
BOULOS, Chris
BURT, Danielle
CAHILL, Jessica
CAHILL, Kristen
CALLAHAN, Patrick
CASHIN, Jordan
CLARKE, Samantha
CLEARY, Heather
COOMBS, Erika
COOMBS, Raylene
CRAWLEY, Laura
DAWE, Joanne
DAWE, Samantha
DEARING, Joanne
DICKSON, Stephanie
DROVER, Bobbie
DUPUIS, Megan
EVANS, Jennifer
FIELD, Emily
FINN, James
FLYNN, Heather
GIOVANNINI, Brittan
GOSSE, Juliana
GRANDY, Samantha
GREEN, Deidre
GREENE, Megan
GRIFFIN, Laura
HACKETT, Dwayne
HANSFORD, Amelia
HARNETT, Tara
HAYLEY, Michael
HOWELL, Andrew
HUGHES, Kelilah
HULL, Jonathan
HUTCHINGS, Victoria
HUXTER, Matthew
HYNES, Nathan
JACOBS, Amanda
JEFFERS, Lauren
KEARSEY, Erinne
KEATING, Danielle
KENNEDY, Sarah
KERR, Katie
KING, Juanita
LAMBERT, Whitney
LANGDON, Danielle
LESHANE, Lisa
LONG, Brittany
LUCAS, Heather
MARSH, Jennifer
MORGAN, Joanne
MORRISSEY, Ashley
MURPHY, Steven
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NOLAN, Kristine
NORMAN, Angela
NORMAN, Samantha
PARSONS, Jennifer
PAUL, Amy
PAYNE, Maggie
PETTEN, Amanda
PIERCEY, Brittany
PITTMAN, Caron
POWELL, L. Andrea
POWER, Ashley
REDDICK, Shawn
ROPSON, Sarah
SEQUEIRA, Anna
SHEPPARD, Rikki
SHORT, Richard
SIMMS, Samantha
SKANES, Scott
SMITH, Frederick
SMITH, Katrina
SMITH, Kristen
SMITH, Vanessa
SNOOK, Stephen
THOMEY, Matthew
VATCHER, Christopher
VERGE, Kimberly
WALTERS, Amanda
WEBB, Shannon
WELLS, Melanie
WINSOR, Rebecca
FACULTY OF
ENGINEERING AND
APPLIED SCIENCE
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ADAMS, Sean
ALLEN, Joshua
BAILLIEUL, Kristine
BELLOWS, Spencer
BLANCHARD, Andrew
BOLT, Aaron
BOONE, Richard
BOYD, Nicholas
BOYD, Robert
BRODIE, Jane
BROPHY, Peter
BROWN, Erika
BRUNEAU, David
BURRY, Mark
BUTLER, Brandon
BUTTON, Jocelyn
CAMERON, Bradley
CAMPBELL, Peter
CASHIN, Christine
CHAYTOR, Stephen
CLINE ABRAHAMS, Zea
COLLINS, Melissa
CONSTANTINE, Johnathan
COOPER, Matthew
DANGENI, Tatenda
DAVIS, Bryan
DAVIS, Chelsea
DAVIS, Marcus
DAWE, Garrett
DEVEREAUX, Alyssa
DIEZ GUTIERREZ KLADT, Jose
Antonio
DOMINIC, Colin
DROVER, Matthew
ENGELBRECHT, Reniel
ERNST, Wesley
FARRELL, Michael
FLYNN, Mark
FOWLER REDMOND, Susan
GILHARRY, Stephen
GOSINE, Philippa
HANCOX, William
HATT, Stephen
HEDD, Frederick
HEYS, William
HOUSE, Thomas
HOWLETT, Kyle
HOWSE, Christopher
HOYLES, Jacob
HUMPHRIES, Chris
HUTTON, Charles
JEWER, Robert
JOHNSON, Steven
JUTEAU, Daniel
KEATS, Jordon
KENNY, Bret
KEOUGH, Erin
KEOUGH, Patrick
LAHEY, Rodney
LANGOR, Erin
LEDREW, Tyler
LITTLE, Maxwell
LIU, Lida
MACLEAN, Jessica
MANG, Christopher
MARTIN, Craig
MCGRATH, Andrew
MCGUIRE, Adam
MCKAY, Daniel
MCLEAN, Daniel
MCNALLY, William
MILLER, Whitney
MITCHELMORE, Paul
MOAKLER, Edward
MOHAMED, Elfatih Ismaeil
MORGAN, Michael
MORRISSEY, Liam
NASH, Samantha
NOFTLE, Melissa
NOSEWORTHY, Matthew
NOSEWORTHY, Michael
OAKE, David
O’DONNELL, Robyn
OLDFORD, Suyen
PANSARE, Nikhil
PARK, Jordan
PARKINSON, Scott
PEACH, Andrew
PEACH, Brian
PERFECT, Erin
PIKE, Andrew
PILLING, Matthew
PITTMAN, Laura
PORTER, Allan
POTTLE, Brian
PRICE, John
QUANN, Adam
REID, Jonathan
RICE, Collin
ROBERTS, Joshua
ROSHID, Md. Harun Or
ROYLE, Michael
RYAN, Amanda
RYAN, Bernard
SCEVIOUR, Kelly
SEIFERT, Peter
SHARMA, Chintan
SKANES-Norman, Joshua
STAPLETON, Amy
STEVENS, Jacqueline
STEVENS, Tyler
STRONG, Tristan
TANG, Xiaobo
TEWFIK, Iman
TEWFIK, Niya
WALKER, Michael
WATSON, Mark
WHELAN, Gary
WIGHT, Scott
WILLIAMS, Karen
WITT, Simon
WONGYAI, Potchara
YOUDEN, Stephen
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2011-12
ALLEN, Paula
ASH, Nathan
BAGGS, Terri-Lynn
BALLOUK, Hamza
BARNES, Jocelyn
BARRY, Michael
BARTLETT, Nathaniel
BATTISTE, Kelsie
BEST, Emily
BLAKE, Lauren
BOLAND, Kathryn
BRAKE, Jenna
BRAKE, Sarah
BUGLAR, Ashley
CAINES, Nancy
CAREY, Vanessa
CHAISSON, Sarah
CHAISSON, William
CANNING, Jonathan
COLES, Chantell
COLLIER, Kelsey
COMPTON, Cassy
CRANE, Jared
EADY, Crystal
ELGAR, Hillary
EZEKIEL, Heather
FEEHAN, Joshua
FITZPATRICK, Samantha
FLYNN, Brian
FOWLER, Joseph
FRENCH, Taylor
GILLIS, Philip
GOSS, Erica
HEAD, Kayla
HENNESSEY, Ian
HILTZ, Daniel
HUGHES, John Douglas
KENT, Heidi
KRACHUN, Stacy
LAM, Kevin
LEE, Brittany
LIDSTONE, Michael
LINSTEAD, Scott
LOVELL, Terri
MARCHE, Brittany
MCCARTHY, Gillian
MCCARTHY, Rebecca
MERCER, Maria
MITFORD, Virginia
MOORES, Emily
MUNDEN, Vincent
NICHOLSON, Chris
NOSEWORTHY, Brittany
O’BRIEN, Jeremy
O’CONNOR, Danielle
OKE, Kathy
PENNEY, Mandy
PENNEY, Megan
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MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY
Dean’s and Vice-President’s List and Fellows of the School of Graduate Studies 2011-12
POMROY, Samantha
POULIN, Jonathan
POWER, Ernest
RANDELL, Anthony
REAGAN, Bekah
REYNOLDS, Rochelle
ROCHON, Chantal
ROSE, Katherine
RUMBOLT, Jennifer
RYAN, Caley
SHEPPARD, Simon
STRICKLAND, Jessica
TISCHLER, Sierra
TOPPLE, Julia
TRACEY, Jordan
TUFF, Jessica
WALKE, Stephan
WALKER, Jane
WALSH, Marquita
WARD, Leanne
WATTON, Michael
WHEELER, Deidre
WHITE, Steven
WINSOR, Nathan
YOUNG, Thomas
SCHOOL OF HUMAN
KINETICS AND
RECREATION DEAN’S
LIST 2011-12
BAIRD, John-Ray
BANKS, Sharayah
BENOIT, Danica
BEST, Jacob
BUCKLE, Steven
BURKE, Sam
CAINES, Andrew
COLEMAN, Peter
DAWE, Rebecca
DOWNING, Melissa
EDWARDS, Angela
FORSEY, Victoria
HARRIS, Chelsea
HEMMENS, Kayla
HOGAN, Katherine
HOPKINS, Andrew
ISAAK, Jocelyn
MACLEOD, Meghan
MCGRATH, Sinead
MILLER, Chad
MONKS, Michael
NEVIN, Stephanie
NOFTALL, Jennifer
NOSEWORTHY, Justin
PAYNE, Julien
PEARCEY, Greg
PEVERIL, Rachel
POWER, Amanda
RALPH, Victoria
ROBERTS, Lorna
SEARS, Janelle
SNOW, Nicholas
STRATTON, Shane
VERCILLO, Tabitha
WALSH, Hilary
WOODFORD Kimberley
YOUNG, Meagan
FACULTY OF MEDICINE
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ANDERSON, Julia-Anne
BELHADJSALAH, Jamila
BOLAND, Paul
BUDDEN, Curtis
CAIRNS, Benjamin
CARROLL, David
CLAYTON, Jonathan
COPELAND, Emily
DAWE, Megan
DEZEEUW, Katrina
DIAGLE-MALONEY, Trisha
DUPLISEA, Jonathan
DWYER, Christopher
HERRITT, Brent
LEMESSURIER, Jennifer
MERCER, Jamison
MOLLOY, Sarah
MYERS, Thereasa Nicole
PARSONS, Amanda
PAUL, Ashley
PETTEN, Chad
SEARS, Alysha
STONE, Heather
XU, Dan
WOODMAN, Kathryn
SCHOOL OF MUSIC DEAN’S
LIST 2011-12
BONNER, Colin
BRENNAN, Timothy
CARROLL, Vanessa
CHO, Alex
CLARK, Emma
GOOD, Aaron
GRIFFIOEN, Jenny
HAMILTON, Mitchell
IGAMBERDIEV, Timour
KHAN, Rebecca
LEE, Michael
LEUNG, Coco
PAYNE, Anthony
SPURR, Amy
WARD, Linda
WEST, Samantha
WHALEN, Sarah
WHIFFEN, Cathy
WHITEWAY, Kelly
ZHU, Xiaoqi
SCHOOL OF NURSING
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ABBOTT, Jessica
ANGEL, Alicia
ANSTEY, April
ANSTEY, Reegan
ATKINSON, Christine
AUDEAU, Jordan
BARBOUR, Jordan
BARTLETT, Heather
BOLAND, Ashley
BOONE, Allison
BRAGG, Allison
BROWN, Olivia
BROWN, Samantha
BURT, Catherine
BUSSEY, Byron
BUTTON, Elizabeth
CAVE, Jessica
CLARKE, Katie
CLARKE, Samantha
CLEAL, Keri
COADY, Melissa
COLBOURNE, Gina
CRITCH, Sarah
CULL, Amy
DALTON, Tonya
DODD, Evangeline
DROVER, Deanne
DWYER, Melissa
EARLES, Michael
EDISON, Patrick
ELFORD, Angelina
EMBERLEY, Lisa
FITZPATRICK, Erin
FLYNN, Cherise
FOLEY, Vanessa
FOWLER, Sarah
GASLARD, Genine
GEAR, Hilary
GENGE, Laura
GIBBONS, Kayla
GOOBIE, Ashley
GOSSE, Jessica
HACKETT, Krystal
HARTY, Christopher
HILLIER, Heather
HOWDEN, Cole
HUNT, Ashley
HUSSEY, Nicole
HUTCHINGS, Caitlin
HYNES, Victoria
JACOBS, Megan
JENNINGS, Victoria
JOYCE, Deborah-Anne
KEATS, Jessica
KELLY, Robyn
KIM, Minji
KING, Kersten
KOLA-ONI, Omolade
LEWIS, Brenda
LUSH, Emily
MAJOR, Emily
MAJOR, Jessica
MARCH, Nakita
MARCH, Philip
MERCIER, Sarah
MIFFLIN, Alison
MOODY, Michelle
MOORE, Sarah
MORECOMBE, Elizabeth
MURPHY, Jeremy
NIXON, Dayna
NOLAN, Jody
NOSEWORTHY, Erin
NURSE, Sarah
PARK, Tara
PAYNE, Amanda
PERRIER, Kayla
PHINNEY, Brooke
POIDEVIN, Tiffany
POWER, Jessica
PRICE, Andrea
RADOMIROV, Marian
RANDELL, Megan
REID, Helen
REID, Jessica
RIDEOUT, Christine
ROGERS, Alana
ROSE, Ryan
RYAN, Kayla
SCEVIOUR, Jessica
SHEPHERD, Donald
SHEPPARD, Jennifer
SHORT, Natasha
SLANEY, Meaghan
SMITH, Jennifer
SMITH, Lesley
STAPLETON, Maria
TAYLOR, Erika
TRAHEY, Laura
TURNER, Hilary
WALSH, Edmund
ALCORN-OTTO, Joseph
ANSTEY, Alisha
BRAGG, Joshua
COLE, Maggie
COOMBS, Stephen
DAVIS, Stephanie
GIONET, Samuel
HAMODAT, Sarai
HOUSE, Samantha
JENKINS, Claire
MCCARTHY, Robert
PARRILL, Tyler
RIDEOUT, Stefan
ROPSON, David
SNOW, Megan
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FONTAINE, Christine
FORRISTALL, Samantha
FRANCHEVILLE, William
FRAWLEY, Daniel
FURLONG, Kayla
GABRIEL, Ashley
GARDINER, Michael
GARDNER, Adam
GEORGE, Stephen
GHAHNOVIEH, Shima
GOODLAND, Stefanie
GOULD, Justin
GOULDING, Amanda
GRANDY, Victoria
GRANT, Adrienne
GRANT, Devin
GRANVILLE, Kevin
GREEN, Samantha
GREGORY, Peter
GRUDICH, Michael
GULLAGE, Lauren
HAMILTON, Gina
HAN, Chao
HARNETT, Brian
HEELEY, Thomas
HIBBS, Courtney
HICKEY, Anthony
HICKEY, Kala
HOLDEN, Mark
HOWLEY, Alison
HUGHES, Isaac
HYNES, Timothy
IRELAND, Chelsea
IRELAND, Schona
JACKSON, Alicia
JACOBS, Travis
JANES, Jillian
JEANS, Melissa
JENSEN, Brittany
JONES, Lauren
KALLIO, Sheldon
KALSI, Rahul-dev
KAVANAUGH, Joseph
KING, Nathan
KNIGHT, Collin
KUEHL, Shawna
LAMBERT, Jordan
LANGDON, Kara
LANGMEAD, Spencer
LANNON, Melissa
LAURICH, Jason
LEGROW, Jason
LEGROW, Megan
LEHR, Ian
LEONARD, Catherine Danielle
LEONARD, Sean
LEWIS, Leanna
LIDSTONE, Nadine
LILY VIDAL, Josue
LOMOND, Jonathan
LUTHER, Robert
LYE, Melissa
LYNCH, Brittany
LYNCH, Samantha
MACDONALD, Kathryn
MACMILLAN, Luke
MANNING, Courtney
MANUEL, Courtney
MARTIN, Heather
MARTIN, Hiliary
MATTHEWS, Alicia
MCCARTHY, Jillian
MCCARTHY, Jillian
MCDONALD, Mervin
MCDONALD, Michael
MCGRATH, Justin
MCGRATH, Kaitlin
MCRAE, Samantha
MERCER, Taylor
MERCIER, Sinead
MEWS, Megan
MITCHELMORE, Kaitlin
MOORE, Marcus
MOORES, Hilary
MORGAN, Daniel
MULROONEY, Sarah
MURPHY, Adam
NIPPARD, Jeffrey
NORTH, Jessica
NYATANGA, Brenda
OATES, Sarah
O’BRIEN, Cody
O’DEA, Andrew
O’LEARY, Janie
O’REILLY, Jeffrey
O’REILLY, Jennifer
O’RIELLY, Peter
PARSONS, Tyler
PATTERSON, Heidi
PEACEY, Stephen
PELLEY, Nicole
PINTO, Lisa
PITTS, Paul
POND, Emily
POWELL, Maria
POWER, Ashley
PRATT, Douglas
PRATT, Michelle
QUILTY, Rebecca
RAHEJA, Shruti
RANCOURT, Samantha
RANDELL, Nicholas
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
ABBOTT, John
ALBRECHTSONS, Hannah
ALLAN, Katherine
ANDERSON, Taylor
ASH, Chelsea
ASH, Colin
BACQUE, Ann
BARAKJI, Marwan
BARRON, Sheldon
BARRON, Travis
BAUTISTA, Kathryn
BECK, Kayla
BELBIN, Shane
BENNETT, Katie
BENNETT, Mark
BESAW, Jessica
BLACKMORE, Anna
BOURGEOIS, Sarah
BRACE, Jordan
BRANNAN, Alexander
BRISCO, Colin
BROWN, Josie
BROWN, Katie-Marie
BROWN, Nicole
BROWN, Tyler
BULLEN, Andrew
BURKE, Gabrielle
BURSEY, Elliott
BURSEY, Erin
BURSEY, Matthew
BUTLER, Jessica
BUTT, Cassandra
BUTT, Justin
CALDWELL, Catherine
CHAULK, Andrew
CHAYTOR, Allison
CHEEMA, Avineet
CLARKE, Kelly
COOKE, Brendan
CRANFORD, Amanda
CRANFORD, Nicole
CROSS, Shannon
CROUCHER, Keenan
DALEY, Jesse
DECKER, Michael
DEDINCA, Arbbesa
DEERING, Robert
DELANEY, Niall
DEVEAU, Morgan
DIAS, Alexander
DICKIE, Alexander
DICKIE, Charlotte
DODGE, Samantha
DOLOMOUNT, Lindsay
DOMINIC, Christopher
DONOVAN, Meghan
DROVER, Marcus
DROVER, Nathaniel
DUFF, Melissa
DWYER, Jessica
ELLIOTT, Jasmine
ELLIOTT, Jenna
EMBERLEY, Justin
ENGELBRECHT, Zame
ENGLISH, Matthew
ESSAJI, Yasmin
EVANS, Daniel
EVANS, Jillian
FARR, Lauren
FARRELL, Sarah
FAZIO, Michelle
FERRIS, Jaclyn
FIELDEN, Miles
FINN, Karla
FITZGERALD, Emily
FITZPATRICK, Madeline
FITZPATRICK, Matthew
FLYNN, Alanna
FLYNN, Jayne
FOLEY, Kyle
FONG, Kristin
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RICKETTS, Christopher
RIDEOUT, Alecia
ROCHE, Laura
ROCHE, Tracey
RUSSELL, Shane
RYAN, Jared
RYAN, Rebecca
SAUNDERS, Lisa
SAUNDERS, Sydney
SHEA, Mark
SHEPPARD, Bradley
SHORT, Ian
SMITH, Clarissa
SMITH, Jennifer
SMITH, Karly
SNOW, Anna
SONG, Beibei
SOUCY, Steven
SPENCER, Stephen
STANFORD, Kaitlyn
STATES, Alexandra
STEPHENS, Jessica
STOWE, Rebecca
STRONG, Justin
STURGE, Adam
SUPPIAH, Yegappan
THORNE, Brandon
TILLEY, Jayne
TITANICH, Carly
VALLIS, Jillian
VAN WIJK, Jacques
WAGHMARE, Sachin
WAKEHAM, Susan
WALSH, Raymond
WARD, Burton
WARREN, Julie
WATTON, Maria
WAYE, Shannon
WEI, Chen
WELLS, Jake
WHALEN, Desmond
WHISSEL, Luca
WILLIAMS, Christopher
WILLIAMS, Heather
WILLIAMS, Kimberly
WISEMAN, Aaron
WOODFORD, Catherine
WOOLFREY, Bronwyn
YONG, Jian
YOUDEN, Courtney
YOUNG, Matthew
YOUNG, Sara
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
DEAN’S LIST 2011-12
BARRON, Jill
BUTT, Corey
CAINES, Julia
CASSELL, Danica
CRUMMEY, Laurie
DARBY, Shannon
ERICKSON, Nicole
HEALEY, Nicole
HEUVING, Erica
JACQUE, Darlene
LUSH, Robin
LUSHMAN, Nancy
MANNING, Victoria
MILLER, Kelly
MULLINS, Joyce
NOEL, Stephanie
O’BRIEN, Megan
PARKER, Lindsey
PARSONS, Amy
RYAN, Melissa
SPINNEY, Caitlin
WALSH, Jeffrey
YETMAN, Janine
FELLOW OF THE SCHOOL
OF GRADUATE STUDIES
2011-12
AALDERS, Julie
AKBARI, Babak
ANSTEY, Robert
ANTAL, Andrea
ASADOLLAHI KALVIRI, Hassan
ASAPO, Emmanuel
BAKER, Andrew
BEDNARZ, Malgorzata
BOULTER, Patricia
BOYCO, Heather
BROWNE, Thomas
BRUCE, Gregory
BUFFETT, Megan
BUTT, Amy
CANNING, Jennifer
CLARKE, Erica
COLE, Tyler
COOK, Janet
CROMWELL, Thomas
CROSBIE, Andrew
CRUMMEY, Debra
DANCYGER, Alex
DEAN, Rebecca
DEWAGE DON, Awantha
DILLON, Jeremy
DONGARE, Prateek
ESLAMIBIDGOLI, Mohammad
FITZPATRICK, Beverly
FRANK, Beatrice
FRASER, Joy
FROEBE, Candace
FUDGE, R. Mark
GILLIS, Elizabeth
GREENAWAY, Shelley-May
HADIDI, Ramtin
HALIM, Mohammad
HAMMOND, Jane
HAQUE, Tanjila
HARVEY, Brendan
HASAN, S.M. Mahmudul
HASSAN, Md. Jakiul
HAWKINS, Jenna
HAZENBERG, Evan
HIBRI, May
HOBEN, John
HORI, Tiago
HU, Zhenzhong
HUGHES, Micheline
IKPO, NDUKA
JACK, Meghann
JALBERT, Annie
JAMESON, Ryan
JOHANSSON, Sara
JONES, Laurie
JONES, Natalie
KAUSHAL, Navin
KELVIN, Laura
KESHAVARZ, Ghaffar
KHAZAEI, Taraneh
LAFFERTY, Anne
LARACY, Ashley
LEMKOW, Aaron
LETHBRIDGE, Rebecca
LI, Shuo
LIU, Hanze
LU, Ping
MA, Kevin
MA, Peter
MALONE, Meaghan
M’ANGALE, Peter
MCCUE, Anthony
MCEWEN, Annie
MERCER, Danielle
MERCER, Kathleen
MERCER, Ryan
MILLERWHITE, Phoebe
MILLIGAN, Jennifer
MORRIS, Catherine
MORRISON, Heather
MORROW, Gregory
MURPHY, Phoebe
MYERS, Sonia
NEGANDHI, Amit
O’KEEFE, Lori
OMARI, Khaled
PARSONS, Lance
PECKHAM, Jordan
PIETROPAOLO, Cristina
PORTER, Michelle
POWELL, Annette
POWER, Suzanne
POWER-MACDONALD,
Stephanie
PRINCE, Md. Enamul
PUCKRIN, Olivia
RABBI, Sheikh
RADU, Oana
RAHMAN, Md. Mustafizur
RAMADAN, Mohamed
RASHEED, Talha
RAZEGHIN, Mehdi
RODRIGUEZ MANZANARES,
Maria
RONAN, Adam
RUSSEL, Sayeed
SANAEI, Asiyeh
SHUKLA, Ranjeet Rahul
SKINNER, Justin
SMITH, Jennifer
SMITH, Rodney
SQUIRES, Susan
ST. JOHN, Amy
SUN, Zhao
TAGORE, Vickneswary
THODI, Premkumar
THOMAS, Brandon
THOMPSON-GRAHAM,
Sheridan
THORBURN, Jennifer
VANDRISH, Peter
VERY, Stephen
WAHEED, Bushra
WAKEHAM, Keith
WARD, Pamela
WHITNEY, Hugh
WILSON, Lisa
YANG, Ming
ZHANG, Daiying
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Acting deputy provost appointed
THE EXECUTIVE
Committee of the
well served by leaders stepping into tempo-
Board of Regents has appointed Dr. Sandra
rary yet critically important positions
model,” said Dr. Wardlaw.
Dr. Cecilia Reynolds was appointed the
LeFort acting deputy provost (students) and
throughout the institution. He particularly
new deputy provost (students) and asso-
associate vice-president academic (under-
thanked Dr. Robert Shea, who served as
ciate vice-president (academic) undergrad-
graduate studies) for a three-month period
acting deputy provost (students) and asso-
uate studies. Dr. Reynolds assumes her post
effective Jan. 1, 2013.
ciate vice-president academic (undergrad-
April 1, 2013.
The board also extended the appointment
uate studies) since the fall of 2011.
A professor in the School of Nursing, Dr.
of Dr. Grant Gardner as associate vice-pres-
“In his roles as dean of student services
Lefort has also served as the school’s director
ident (academic) for a three-month period
and later deputy provost, Dr. Shea served
and associate director of nursing for grad-
effective Jan. 1, 2013.
with unfailing dedication, commitment and
uate studies and research. She is a graduate
Dr. David Wardlaw, provost and vice-pres-
professionalism. He took on a vital role as
of Memorial’s master of nursing program.
ident (academic), said Memorial has been
the university adjusted to a new governance
Dr. Sandra LeFort
Sites recommended for core sciences facilities
PRESIDENT
Gary Kachanoski has accepted a recom-
ciently outweigh any projected incremental cost over and
“This approach also provides the right balance between
mendation from the Vice-Presidents’ Council (VPC) on
above the cost for a single location option. Otherwise, the
campus connectivity and budgetary mindfulness,” noted
where the new core sciences infrastructure will be situated
VPC agrees that a single location west of the Smallwood
Dr. Wardlaw. “As a public institution, Memorial is
on Memorial’s St. John’s campus.
Centre would be the preferred site.
committed to ensuring that public funds are used to their
Pending the outcome of the final stages of planning
work, the facilities will be sited on two campus locations.
“After extensive consultation, we are pleased to advise
maximum value. Given the specialized spaces and equip-
that a two-site option is preferred for the construction of
ment needed, we expect that two smaller buildings will
The Vice-Presidents’ Council endorsed the option of two
core sciences infrastructure at Memorial,” said David
prove to be as cost-effective as one much larger structure.
building sites, one located on parking area 16 west of the
Wardlaw, provost and vice-president (academic). “The
So we’ve requested that the consultants engaged in the
Smallwood Centre and the other south of the Business
choice of two sites follows the campus master plan in terms
planning work provide an analysis on these options before
building, provided that a compelling case could be made
of green space preservation, as these locations were already
a final decision is made.”
that the advantages of the two-site option would suffi-
earmarked as potential future building sites.
NEWS&NOTES
Listed below is a selection of the funding opportunities for which
Feb. 6
Exchange
information has recently been received by the Office of Research
– Conference/Seminar/Workshop Grants
Services. For links to further information on these items, visit
– Publication Subsidies
Memorial University, Office of Research
– SSHRC/Vice-President’s Research Grants
Grant Funding Opportunities on the research website at
www.mun.ca/research/overview/grant_opp.php.
Jan. 25
American Asthma Foundation/Research Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
•
CIHR Other: Rapid Funding for DSEN Targeted Research
•
CIHR Undergraduate: MD/PhD students (2012-13)
– Synapse Awards (Call for Nominations)
– Early Excellence Award
– Senior Investigator Award
•
CIHR Catalyst Grant: Ethics (2012-13)
Jan. 31
Feb. 10
•
CIHR Undergraduate – Mobility, musculoskeletal health
Royal Society of Canada
Memorial University, ISER
and arthritis
•
– Konrad Adenauer Research Award
CIHR Fellowships – 2012-13
•
CIHR Master's Awards – 2012-13
•
CIHR Operating Grant: Industry-Partnered Collaborative
Research (Winter 2013 Competition)
•
CIHR Dissemination Events: Winter 2013 Competitions
•
CIHR Proof of Principle: Phases I and II
Feb. 1
– Joint Appointment Fellowship
Canadian Institute of Health Research
– Research Associate Fellowship
– Operating Grants (Registration)
Feb. 14
Canadian Diabetes Association
Memorial University, Office of Research Services
(Winter 2013 Competitions)
– Personnel Awards Competition
– Operating Grants
•
CIHR E-Rare-2 Joint Transnational Call on Rare Diseases
•
CIHR Planning Grants: Winter 2013 Competitions
•
CIHR Travel Awards – Institute Community Support
•
CIHR Personnel Awards – Canadian Diabetes Association –
– Paper Presentation at Scholarly Conferences
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Feb. 15
– Dissertation Fellowships
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation
Memorial University, Office of Research Services
•
CIHR Operating Grant – Canadian Diabetes Association
– Salary-based Research Grants Program (Re-designation
•
CIHR Betty Havens Prize (2013)
of salary)
•
CIHR Knowledge Translation Prize (2013)
•
CIHR Science to Business (2013)
– Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (U.S.)
SSHRC Insight Development Grants
SSHRC Partnership Grants – Letter of Intent
•
SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s
Feb. 4
Scholarships (university applications)
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation/Atlantic Chapter
•
Brain Canada Multi-Investigator Research Initiative LOI
•
H.L. Holmes Awards for Postdoctoral Studies
•
Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery
National Expansion
– New Investigator Award
– Research Grants
•
International Partnerships for Sustainable Societies (IPaSS)
– Grants for Alcohol Research
The Kidney Foundation of Canada/Krescent Program
•
•
SSHRC Travel Grants
– Travel Grants for International Representation
Clinician Scientist, Scholar and Doctoral Student
Research Awards
– Postdoctoral Fellowship
– Doctoral Fellowship
Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Research Grants Program
– Postgraduate Research Fellowship Program
– Studentship Awards Program
Baillie Fund
– Student Research Award
Parkinson Society of Canada
Canadian Blood Services
– Pilot Project Program
– New Investigator Award Program
– Summer Internship Program
– Basic Research Fellowship Program
IMMINENT DEADLINES
Memorial University, ISER
Feb. 5
Jan. 15
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly
Gazette | Wednesday, January 9, 2013
– Strategic Grant Program (applications)
National Institutes of Health
– New Research Grants
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Gardening Workshop -- Natives in the Landscape, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.,
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Each year members of the first-year class receive Orientation Week t-shirts to wear to various
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is a new face.
Monday, Jan. 14
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Tuesday, Jan. 15
3 bedroom, fully furnished home in Churchill
Square, walking distance to MUN and Confed-
School of Graduate Studies
Information Session -- Instructional Development Grants 2013, 12-
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Department of Gender Studies Speakers’ Series
The Poetry of Newfoundland and Labrador: Contemporary Strains,
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Free to good home, 2 Yorkie puppies for
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of Music, Sponsor: Faculty of Arts
Simulation and Experimental Analysis of Lateral and Torsional
cont’d from BREAKING on page 1
as a dance circle, where participants jump in one at a time
In St. John’s, the group has already partnered with School
and is more a shared experience, and a dance “battle,”
Sports Newfoundland and Labrador to start a dance
He also admits that growing up in the west coast commu-
where dancers try to out-do each other, as well as steal
program called Street Movement. Getting youth involved
nity of Port aux Basques wasn’t the best place to learn.
their confidence.
is very important to Mr. Ingram.
The first time Mr. Ingram tried real breaking was in
Memorial’s dance studio, which is now the kinesiology lab
in the basement of the Physical Education building.
Mr. Ingram views breaking as another form of communication, just with movement instead of words.
“It’s another option for activity as well as creativity for
kids,” he said. “This dance appeals to kids who otherwise
“I think anyone can learn to dance, if they open up to it,”
may not be interested in traditional team sports that are
“I walked by and saw someone in there practising spin-
he said. “People tend to set limits on themselves when
typically emphasized in our education system. The creative
ning on their hand. I ran in and introduced myself … I
they are not good at something right away. Ultimately, it’s
aspect is also very important, as the dancers get to create
could already do little handstands but I couldn’t dance at
about creative self expression, which is definitely all about
their own style and individualize their dance, while still
all. I had to learn the foundation.”
communicating.”
being part of a community. I can’t think of many other
He adds that his kinesiology courses have helped shape
Mr. Ingram and some of his fellow dancers are trying to
him as a dancer: understanding the mechanics of the body,
start a dance program in Newfoundland and Labrador’s
how to train and the principles of motor learning.
school system, similar to a program he and other b-boys
Most breaking is free form, and as Mr. Ingram explained,
there are two kinds of performance. A cipher, also known
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activities that have both those qualities.”
To see Mr. Ingram in breaking action, visit
www.boyscience.com.
started in Halifax, N.S., that is now in more than 20 Nova
Scotia schools.
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Videos put focus on engineering
needed to ensure the videos were accurate
By Courtenay Alcock
and as engaging as possible.
DISTANCE
EDUCATION ,
Each of the discipline-specific videos,
Learning and Teaching Support (DELTS)
which range from four to seven minutes
recently collaborated with Memorial’s
long, include footage, descriptions and
Faculty of Engineering and Applied
career opportunities related to each disci-
Science to create a series of videos that
pline, as well as interviews with senior
provide insight about Memorial’s engi-
students, faculty and professionals within
neering program and each of its disci-
the local industry. Each of the videos are
plines.
hosted on the Faculty of Engineering and
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied
Science approached DELTS to produce
Applied Science website and are also available in DVD and digital formats.
two video programs. The first is a series of
The second video program is a recruit-
six short videos that highlight each of the
ment video for the province’s high school
engineering disciplines of civil, computer,
students, which provides an overview of
electrical, mechanical, ocean and naval
engineering, the disciplines available for
architectural and process engineering.
study at Memorial and the support that is
This series of videos was created as a
available to new students within the
resource for first-year engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Applied
students at Memorial, to inform them of
Science. The video also introduces types of
each discipline in an engaging way.
DELTS was responsible for developing
careers in which each discipline may lead,
and introduces the humanitarian and
the scripts, as well as the multimedia
social aspects of being an engineer, such
applications and production of the videos.
as becoming involved with Engineers
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied
Without Borders.
Science provided the content and support
“Engineers Without Borders essentially
A still photograph from a series of videos recently created by DELTS.
provided me with the opportunity to be
we were doing on the ground,” said Maria
able to learn and grow and work in Africa,
Adey, a Term 8 student in civil engi-
and to see the poverty and the work that
neering who appears in the recruitment
video. “At the end of the day it gave me
the experience to use what I’ve learned
from my education to help create a differ-
Have you got big ideas for
Newfoundland and Labrador?
ence in the lives of the Malawians that I
was working with and to provide them
with the opportunities to lift themselves
out of poverty.”
In addition to humanitarian efforts, the
videos highlight the emphasis of team-
Research funding is now available for projects related to public policy
and regional development.
work within Memorial’s engineering
programs. Students have opportunities to
work in teams on group projects for
courses and competitions. Teams representing Memorial have participated in
competitions designing apps for iPads and
iPhones, MUN Sailbot, Concrete
Toboggan and the Memorial BAJA teams.
The Applied Research Fund is open to all Memorial faculty,
staff and students who wish to research a topic related to
Newfoundland and Labrador’s regional policy and
development.
We fund up to $15,000 for creative, relevant, applied
research in Newfoundland and Labrador. Any research
discipline is accepted providing, it addresses a regional
policy and development issue.
Proposed research projects should relate to the broad
definition of regional policy and development and be relevant
to Newfoundland and Labrador. Research projects can be in
the broad RPD categories of health, social, economic, and
environment research, but must clearly demonstrate how the
project can assist policy and decision-makers in public, private
and non-profit sectors when addressing regional issues.
Multidisciplinary work and partnerships with non-academic
organizations /individuals are encouraged. The fund opens on
Jan. 18, 2013 and closes Feb. 15, 2013. For more information
visit www.mun.ca/harriscentre
The videos also emphasize that engineering disciplines are open to men and
women alike to ensure that female
students in particular are aware that the
opportunities are equally available to
them.
The recruitment video for prospective
students
can
be
viewed
at
www.engr.mun.ca/undergrad/Prospec-
Want to find out more about the Harris Centre’s Applied Research Fund?
tive_Students.php.
Come to our information session on January 17, 2013
in the Arts Building, room A1046 at 12-1pm.
Visit www.mun.ca/harriscentre to register.
can
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The six discipline-specific videos
be
viewed
by
visiting
www.engr.mun.ca/undergrad/Programs.php.
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